Epic Hero Passive Traits

Epic heroes unlock a powerful account-wide passive trait at 2-Star Platinum. Unlike combat stats that only help the hero themselves, these traits apply globally — boosting your entire account’s progression speed regardless of which heroes you deploy.

Because the bonuses are permanent and affect everything from research to gathering, investing in epic hero traits is one of the highest-value upgrades in the game.

How It Works

1. Promote an epic hero to 2-Star Platinum — this unlocks their Skill 3 (passive trait)
2. Level the trait up to 30 — each level increases the bonus percentage
3. The bonus applies account-wide — it’s always active, even when the hero isn’t deployed

At max level (30), each trait provides a +30% bonus to its respective stat.

Full Trait List

Hero	Faction	Passive Trait	Max Bonus
Brawler	Horde	Tech Research Speed	+30%
Knight	League	Training Speed	+30%
Ranger	League	Ruby Gathering Speed	+30%
Rogue	Horde	Stone Gathering Speed	+30%
Outlaw	Horde	Wood Gathering Speed	+30%
Priest	League	Wounded Healing Rate	+30%
Priestess	Nature	Wounded Healing Rate	+30%
Dancer	Nature	Wounded Healing Rate	+30%

Priority Order

Not all traits are equally impactful. Here’s the recommended upgrade order:

Tier 1 — Upgrade First

Priority	Hero	Trait	Why
1	Brawler	Tech Research Speed	Research is the longest bottleneck in the game. A 30% speed boost saves days of real time and accelerates every other system that depends on tech
2	Knight	Training Speed	Troops are essential for everything — PvP, PvE, gathering, events. Faster training means faster recovery after losses and quicker army scaling

Tier 2 — Strong Value

Priority	Hero	Trait	Why
3	Ranger	Ruby Gathering Speed	Rubies are the scarcest gathering resource and in constant demand for upgrades
4	Rogue	Stone Gathering Speed	Stone is consumed heavily for castle and building upgrades
5	Outlaw	Wood Gathering Speed	Wood is needed in large quantities but is easier to gather than rubies or stone

Tier 3 — Situational

Priority	Hero	Trait	Why
6	Priest / Priestess / Dancer	Wounded Healing Rate	Useful after large battles, but wounded healing is less of a bottleneck than research, training, or gathering. All three heroes give the same trait — pick whichever is easiest to promote

Tips

• Start with your own faction’s heroes. You’ll naturally have more copies of same-faction epics, making promotion cheaper. If you’re Horde, Brawler and Rogue are easy targets.
• Don’t ignore cross-faction epics. The tavern and various events hand out epic hero shards for all factions. Knight (League) is worth promoting even if you main Horde or Nature.
• The healing traits stack — if you promote all three healing heroes, their bonuses combine. However, this is low priority compared to research and training speed.
• Epic heroes are cheap to promote. Compared to legendary or mythic heroes, epics require far fewer copies and resources to reach 2-Star Platinum. This makes passive traits one of the most accessible power boosts in the game.